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To celebrate International Women's Day, we meet the international singing star, women's rights activist and Buddhist nun, Ani Choying Drolma. Born and raised within sight of the great Buddhist stupa of Boudhanath in Kathmandu, Choying Drolma suffered unspeakable physical abuse from her ...

This week on Off Track, we explore an activity that is so noisy, that it has to happen outside: practicing the bagpipes. Even understanding families have their limits and that means that pipers are pushed out into the wilderness in order to practice their passion. But where do the pipes sound best? ...

When does real social and political change actually happen? Some people believe it's with personal experience mixed with social activism. We meet groups of women who value this approach: the theatre group Abe's Babes, the Olivetree Women's Network and the WOWGirls. ...

The Sydney Sacred Music Festival and the Auburn Poets and Writers group have used cafes, theatres and exhibition spaces in western Sydney to reach a mass audience and present art work that is both contemporary and with historic overtones. Both groups hope to break down cultural barriers and bring ...

Latest albums by Texas singer/songwriters James McMurtry, Steve Earle and Robert Earl Keen, tango classic and modern by Paris-based Argentinian guitarists Rudi Flores and Tomas Gubitsch and new Norwegian albums by Lumen Drones and Sinikka Langeland....